English Dictionary

lectio difficilior

noun

(textual criticism) The more difficult reading, held to be the more likely when faced with two manuscripts that disagree on a particular reading, according to the principle of lectio difficilior potior.

The lectio difficilior is often preferred by scholars in textual criticism.

意味（1）

(textual criticism) The more difficult reading, held to be the more likely when faced with two manuscripts that disagree on a particular reading, according to the principle of lectio difficilior potior.